Custard

kus′tard, n. a composition of milk, eggs, ., sweetened and flavoured.— ns. Cus′tard-app′le , the fruit of a West Indian tree, having an eatable pulp, like a custard; Cus′tard-coff′in ( Shak. ), the paste or crust which covers a custard. [Earlier custade , a corr. of crustade , a pie with crust. See Crust .]